Order saplings for spring planting

Midland Mirror

NORTH SIMCOE – The Huronia Woodland Owners’ Association plans to provide 2,500 sugar maple saplings to local landowners at a reduced cost this spring.
Concerned about the loss of large sugar maples along roads, lanes and fencerows, the association has distributed nearly 12,000 saplings for planting since 2007. The initiative is supported by organizations such as Maple Leaves Forever, North Simcoe Stewardship, the County of Simcoe and Oro-Medonte Township.
The $10 cost per sapling is about a third of what one would pay at a retail outlet. The cost drops to $8 apiece for line plantings along roads and laneways.
Trees must be ordered before March 1 by calling Bruce or Ingrid Keeling at 705-487-3970. Landowners are encouraged to place their order early, as the supply of saplings ran out last year.
The trees will be available for pickup around the last weekend of April or first weekend of May. Instructions and a planting demonstration will be given by members of the Huronia Woodland Owners’ Association at that time.